Sam Wineburg

12.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
83 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Sam Wineburg is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Wineburg has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 36 papers in Education and 12 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sam Wineburg's work include Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (42 papers), Educational Assessment and Pedagogy (9 papers) and Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences (8 papers). Sam Wineburg is often cited by papers focused on Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (42 papers), Educational Assessment and Pedagogy (9 papers) and Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences (8 papers). Sam Wineburg collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Sam Wineburg's co-authors include Sarah McGrew, Stephen Woolworth, Joel Breakstone, Pamela Grossman, Suzanne M. Wilson, Mark D. Smith, Teresa Ortega, Peter Seixas, Peter N. Stearns and Daisy Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Sam Wineburg

82 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Historical problem solving: A study of the cognitive proc... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 2001 2001 1991 2018 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam Wineburg United States 41 4.9k 4.2k 1.9k 621 570 83 7.5k
Monique Volman Netherlands 40 5.0k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 1.7k 0.9× 418 0.7× 258 0.5× 214 7.8k
Larry Cuban United States 38 7.4k 1.5× 1.9k 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 452 0.7× 273 0.5× 130 9.6k
Kris D. Gutiérrez United States 40 4.8k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 1.9k 3.0× 195 0.3× 83 8.0k
Jay L. Lemke United States 29 3.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.3× 2.5k 1.3× 1.9k 3.0× 299 0.5× 67 7.3k
Luis C. Moll United States 31 8.2k 1.7× 3.1k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 2.2k 3.6× 171 0.3× 60 11.4k
William R. Penuel United States 48 6.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.3× 2.5k 1.3× 341 0.5× 243 0.4× 228 9.6k
Neil Mercer United Kingdom 49 7.8k 1.6× 1.2k 0.3× 5.5k 2.8× 1.6k 2.6× 474 0.8× 114 11.8k
Marilyn Cochran‐Smith United States 55 13.2k 2.7× 4.5k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 2.2× 157 0.3× 183 15.4k
Colín Lankshear Australia 30 2.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 644 0.3× 2.3k 3.6× 566 1.0× 89 5.6k
Yong Zhao United States 36 3.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 933 0.5× 314 0.5× 437 0.8× 131 5.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Mark D., Joel Breakstone, & Sam Wineburg. (2018). History Assessments of Thinking: A Validity Study. Cognition and Instruction. 37(1). 118–144. 19 indexed citations
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McGrew, Sarah, Teresa Ortega, Joel Breakstone, & Sam Wineburg. (2017). The Challenge That's Bigger than Fake News: Civic Reasoning in a Social Media Environment.. The American Educator. 41(3). 4. 92 indexed citations
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Breakstone, Joel, et al.. (2015). Formative Assessment Using Library of Congress Documents.. Social Education. 79(4). 178–182. 3 indexed citations
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Breakstone, Joel, et al.. (2013). Beyond the Bubble in History/social Studies Assessments: To Prepare Students for Assessments Tied to the Common Core, Teachers Need Tools and Tests That Help Students Analyze Primary and Secondary Sources and Develop Written Historical Arguments. Phi Delta Kappan. 94(5). 53–4. 1 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam, Mark Smith, & Joel Breakstone. (2012). New Directions in Assessment: Using Library of Congress Sources to Assess Historical Understanding.. Social Education. 76(6). 290–293. 22 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam. (2012). Undue Certainty : Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. The American Educator. 36(4). 27–34. 7 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam. (2010). Historical Thinking and Other Unnatureal Acts: Debates about National History Standards Become So Fixated on the Question of "Which History" That a More Basic Question Is Neglected: Why Study History at All?. Phi Delta Kappan. 92(4). 81. 5 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam & Jack Schneider. (2009). Was Bloom's Taxonomy Pointed in the Wrong Direction? Placing Knowledge at the Bottom of the Bloom Pyramid Sends the Wrong Message about the Importance of Knowledge in Learning. Phi Delta Kappan. 91(4). 56.
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Wineburg, Sam & Daisy Martin. (2009). Tampering with History: Adapting Primary Sources for Struggling Readers.. Social Education. 73(5). 212–216. 64 indexed citations
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Martin, Daisy & Sam Wineburg. (2008). Seeing Thinking on the Web. The History Teacher. 41(3). 305–319. 22 indexed citations
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Martin, Daisy, et al.. (2008). Historicalthinkingmatters.org: Using the Web to Teach Historical Thinking. Social Education. 72(3). 140. 8 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam & Chauncey Monte‐Sano. (2008). Who is a Famous American? Charting Historical Memory across the Generations. Phi Delta Kappan. 89(9). 643–648. 2 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam, et al.. (2007). Historical Evidence and Evidence of Learning. 22(1). 146–156. 4 indexed citations
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Stevens, Reed, Sam Wineburg, Leslie Rupert Herrenkohl, & Philip Bell. (2005). Comparative Understanding of School Subjects: Past, Present, and Future. Review of Educational Research. 75(2). 125–157. 74 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam & Daisy Martin. (2004). Reading and Rewriting History.. Educational leadership. 62(1). 42. 38 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam, et al.. (2002). Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past. The History Teacher. 35(4). 546–546. 268 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam, et al.. (1998). Creating a Community of Learners Among High School Teachers.. Phi Delta Kappan. 79(5). 350. 53 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam. (1997). T.S. Eliot, Collaboration, and the Quandaries of Assessment in a Rapidly Changing World.. Phi Delta Kappan. 79(1). 59–65. 9 indexed citations
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Wineburg, Sam. (1991). Factors Affecting Philanthropic Behavior of Jewish Adolescents. The Journal of Social Psychology. 131(3). 345–354. 3 indexed citations
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Tobler, Waldo & Sam Wineburg. (1971). A Cappadocian Speculation. Nature. 231(5297). 39–41. 51 indexed citations

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